XBOX 360 ACHIEVEMENT GUIDE V. 1.00 ------ O N T H E R A I N - S L I C K P R E C I P I C E O F ------- .______ _______ .__ __. .__ __. ____ ____ | _ \ | ____|| \ | | | \ | | \ \ / / | |_) | | |__ | \| | | \| | \ \/ / | ___/ | __| | . ` | | . ` | \_ _/ | | | |____ | |\ | | |\ | | | | _| |_______||__| \__| |__| \__| |__| ___ .______ ______ ___ _______ _______ / \ | _ \ / | / \ | \ | ____| / ^ \ | |_) | | ,----' / ^ \ | .--. || |__ / /_\ \ | / | | / /_\ \ | | | || __| / _____ \ | |\ \----.| `----./ _____ \ | '--' || |____ /__/ \__\ | _| `._____| \______/__/ \__\ |_______/ |_______| -------------------- D A R K N E S S E P. T W O --------------------- By: neeker Gamertag: Optimus Neeker ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER AND LEGAL STUFF ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This FAQ can be posted on: - GameFAQs.com - Neoseeker.com - 1UP.com - SuperCheats.com and their associates only. Please do not ask whether you can post this on your site if you are not from the above. It's getting too difficult to keep track. If you happen to see anyone other than the above hosting this, please let me know so that I can feed them to the sharks, torture their feet with a feather and throw them into a mall infested with zombies. Also, please note that, as with most gaming guides: + + + THIS GUIDE CONTAINS SPOILERS! + + + If you can get offended by spoilers, please don't use a guide. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Contact Information 2. Introduction 3. Achievements - Relunctant Hero [PARC201] - Power Surrrge! [PARC202] - Pack Rat Strikes Back [PARC203] - Millionaire [PARC204] - Moving on Up [PARC205] - Pervert [PARC206] - Arsonist [PARC207] - Lab Assistant [PARC208] - Endgame [PARC209] - The Strength to Rule [PARC210] - Steel Cannibal [PARC211] - Can't Nobody Hold you Down [PARC212] Conclusion Version history Credits ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. CONTACT INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi, I'm Lestor Wong. I post on GameFAQ.com/ GameSpot.com by the username "neeker". Feedback for this document can be directed to lestor underscore wong at yahoo dot com. You may check out my other works here: http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/recognition/52881.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. INTRODUCTION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Penny Arcade games on Xbox Live Arcade have been criticized for being too expensive. Nevertheless, they do deliver some great fun, especially with the dialogue. The second episode of the series retains the turn-based RPG roots from its predecessor, and has some easy achievement points to boot. These make it a seller for RPG-lovers who want to have a simple-yet-fun experience, as well as some easy points. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. ACHIEVEMENTS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- All the achievements in this game can be unlocked in a single play- through. As such, I'll present this guide (mostly) in a chronological order of when you can do them. RELUCTANT HERO (5) [PARC201] ------------------ Description: Refuse to join Gabe and Tycho five times This would be the first achievement you'd get for the game. After the opening scenes, Gabe and Tycho visit you. Go through the conversation until they invite you to join their party. Refuse them by choosing the second (lower) option five times to unlock it. POWER SURRRGE! (25) [PARC202] ------------------- Description: Get one party member's hit counter up to 40 Upon successfully landing a hit on an enemy, a party member will build a hit counter. This is shown during battle, right at the bottom of the member's statistics. To get this achievement, you'd need to build one such counter up to 40. This carries over between battles. Once you're hit by an enemy, the counter resets. You can avoid the counter resett- ing by performing a successful block or counter-attacking. The counter resets even when you do a partial block. In theory, this Sounds like tough, especially if you're not good with blocking and counter-attacking. Thankfully, there's an easy way of getting this. In fact, you can get this achievement very early in the game if you follow the, er, following method. When you encounter a group of enemies, the game will throw a toss to decide which character gets the first turn. If an enemy wins the toss, press Y to flee the battle. If any in your party wins the toss, do a quick attack (X). Once this hit is registered (the hit counter below will increase by one), flee immediately. Re-engage the battle, and you should notice that the hits actually carry over even when you flee. This means that you can engage, win the toss, land the first hit, and flee as many times as you can with no penalty whatsoever. You can therefore redo this over and over again until one of your party members reach 40. Just remember to flee when the enemy wins the toss, and after you land the first hit. This is time-consuming, but is quite frankly the easiest way to unlock the achievement. You can also save in between just in case. PACK RAT STRIKES BACK (25) [PARC203] -------------------------- Description: Use only items to win a fight (no attacks/ counter- attacks) Do this after you pick up the combat item "White Christmas". This item deals a whopping 1280 damage, and kills early enemies in a single hit. Once you find one, engage into a fight with robots (the early ones only has 774 health each) and throw one in their way. The fight should end right away for the achievement. MILLIONAIRE (15) [PARC204] ---------------- Description: Collect one million dollars in cash You'll get this achievement when searching for the last gift for Pearl the Secretary at the Sanitorium. At the second panel of the Riverbrook Park Estates, there's a ATM at the middle of the area. A man is stand- ing in front of it. When you approach him, a battle ensues. Defeat him to get his ATM card. Examine the ATM after this, key in the password "361", and choose any option (they mean the same thing) to withdraw one million dollars. The achievement will unlock there and then. If you're wondering how to obtain the password, walk around this area to pick up deposit slips showing various numbers on them. You should find three showing "3", "9" and "1". The one showing "9" needs to be inverted. Note that the man at the ATM will only appear after you trigger Pearl's quest for the one million dollars gift. MOVING ON UP (15) [PARC205] ----------------- Description: Collect the Wealthy Key Defeat the boss (Wolfington) at the Sanitorium, and you'll find a key on his desk. Pick it up to unlock the achievement. Wolfington has a hypnotizing attack that's extremely frustrating. Once you're hit with that, your members fall into sleep. The only way to get out of the slumber is to be hit. Once a member wakes, the first thing he/ she should do is to land a hit on an unconscious team-mate so that your whole team can start attacking. Wolfington has two lackeys protecting him. Do your best to take them out first before attacking him. You may want to throw a speed reduction item at him, since he periodically uses the hypnotizing attack on you. PERVERT (15) [PARC206] ------------ Description: Inspect a pair of binoceros testicles with genuine enthusiasm This is a secret achievement, but Wolfington has already given you a hint way before you fight him. There's a binocerous specimen behind Wolfington's desk, displaying the creatures balls in full glory. After you defeat Wolfington, inspect the pair of balls five times, and the achievement should unlock. Be careful, because the balls do stare back. ARSONIST (15) [PARC207] ------------- Description: Burn down Riverbrook Apartments With the key you found at Wolfington's office, you can now unlock the gate at Riverbrook. Enter to fight Charles, who's the second major boss of the game. He turns out to be quite a sissy. Walk up the storeys of the apartment to finally engage him. The fight itself is extremely simple. Your character will be the only person taking Charles on. Do not bother charging up special attacks, since his health reduces by 1/3 with a single quick attack (X). Once you land a hit, the game pans to Tycho in the library. Pick up all the books/ items here, and you'll return to the battle. Land another hit to reduce Charles' health down to 1/3, and the screen goes back to Tycho. Walk to the right side of the room to find the a book falling to the ground. Pick it up for some items, and you'll return to the fight again. This time, land the final hit and Charles will be defeated. Gabe then walks in with a pie and a candle, and proceeds to burn the whole place down during the cut-scene. Achievement unlocks. LAB ASSISTANT (15) [PARC208] ------------------ Description: Complete Dr. Stripe's and Dr. Whimple's bonus missions DR. STRIPE: THE WEDDING RING ---------------------------- Right after you unlock the Symposium, go to the second panel (right) to find Dr. Stripe. He's at the southeast corner of the room. Talk to him to trigger his quest for recovering a wedding ring. Go to the third panel (right) at Riverbrook, all the way to the end near the locked gate. Talk to the couple there to find that the girl has stolen Dr. Stripe's ring. You'd need to defeat the couple to recover the ring. When fighting the couple, DO NOT KILL THE MAN. Killing the man will anger the girl so much that she sends in some deadly attacks that destroy your entire party in one hit. Instead, slow both of them down, and use special attacks (Y) to attack only the girl. Heal when necessary. Once the girl is defeated, you'll get the ring. Return it to Dr. Stripe at the Symposium to complete the first bonus mission. DR. WHIMPLE: THE PETITION ------------------------- You'll get Dr. Whimple's quest after you defeat the gorilla with Mr. Tails. Dr. Whimple (his name is "Ernald") is at the same southeastern corner of the second room at the Symposium. Talk to him to trigger the petition (for some pee machine) quest. You'll need to get six persons to sign the petition, and they're all in the same room. Each person that you approach will point your direction to the next one, so it isn't difficult at all. Refer to the following diagram for the sequence to complete this quest. ------------------------ | Stage/ K | | ------------------ | | | | 6 2 | | | | | | 5 1 | | | | 4 | | | | | | | - 3 W | To reception <-- | ------------------------ K - Dr. Krangle's location (on stage) W - Dr. Whimple's location 1 - First Doctor (blond dude) 2 - Dr. Stripe (from the wedding ring quest) 3 - Dr. Twee 4 - Dr. Drei 5 - Dr. Quatromain 6 - Dr. Blood Once done, return to Dr. Whimple to end the quest. The achievement should unlock right away. ENDGAME (15) [PARC209] ------------ Description: Collect a ticket to the World's Fair After the petition, go to the stage to trigger a scene. This will eventually lead to the third major boss fight of the game. It's not exactly something you've not experienced before, so just fight normally (items, special attacks, heal, etc.) to defeat it. Note that by now, you should have unlock Mr. Tails as a supporting character, so use him as and when he's charged up. He deals over 1100 damage to any enemy, so he's pretty useful during boss fights. Once done, you'll unlock the World's Fair location, as well as the ticket to the fair for the achievement. THE STRENGTH TO RULE (20) [PARC210] ------------------------- Description: Reach Level 30 for all party members If you fight and defeat most enemies over the course of the game, you should get this achievement at the World's Fair after killing some enemies. This one requires more persistence than anything. STEEL CANNIBAL (20) [PARC211] ------------------- Description: Upgrade all weapons with robot parts There are plenty of robots hidden in the various maps. If you success- fully defeat a bunch of them, you'll get robot parts as reward. When you call up the map, the amount of robot parts available in the maps are shown. For example, the Sanitorium has 320 robot parts. Go to Anne-Claire with the parts to upgrade your weapons. The charact- ers have three upgrades each. For Gabe's final upgrade, you'lld need to pick up the Manacles of the Iron Maiden after you complete the "Brain Game" at the Sanitorium. For Tycho's final upgrade, you'd need to pick up one of the books when fighting Charles at the Riverbrook apartment. Later in the game, Anne-Claire goes missing. You can still upgrade weapons at the World's Fair, with a machine called the "Ameliorator". The achievement should unlock a short while after you leave the upgrade screen. I understand that this achievement may be glitched for some. I'd suggest saving the game right before you upgrade the final weapon just in case. If it doesn't unlock, reload the save and try again. I believe that the game has been patched, but just in case. CAN'T NOBODY HOLD YOU DOWN (15) [PARC212] ------------------------------- Description: Defeat the Final Boss of the game The final boss is Dr. Mundo's evil robot. By now, you should have Dr. Blood as a supporting hero, so use him whenever you can, since he's extremely strong against robots, dealing over 4,000 damage at times. As usual, take out the supporting enemy robots before attacking the big bot. The big bot is weak against special attacks (Y), and with fully upgraded weapons and full damage (successfully completing the attack mini-games), you can deal over 1000 damage per turn. Keep health up by healing when possible. Your character's weapon has a Bleed effect that helps very slightly, while Mr. Tails can also help with 1100+ damage each time he gets to attack. Note, however, that if you fail to block the bot's attacks, your attack stats will drop, and soon special attacks will become rather ineffective. Once you reduce the boss' health (he has over 15000 health!) down, he will somehow heal himself fully, which leads to the second phase of the battle. This is when Anne-Claire shows up with the Anne-Claire robot. You'll now control the Anne-Claire bot. Note the buttons at bottom left corner of the screen. It'll charge in the following sequence: Y - Attack-up effect X - Special Attack A - Speed-down effect Once A is charged up, press it to do a "Final Hug" move. This will reduce the evil bot's speed tremendously. Next, when "Y" is ready, press the button to increase Anne-Claire's bot's attack power. Finally, attack with "X" to deal a full-blown (70000+ damage) attack on the evil bot to end the fight. The achievement should unlock during the cut-scene. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CONCLUSION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I consider the guide complete at this point in time. I hope it's a good help for people who're stuck, and a good read for those who just wanted to read something. Feedback/ better ways to do achievements are welcomed at the usual email address. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- VERSION HISTORY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.00: Guide completed (1/29). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CREDITS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hothead Games ASCII Generator (@ http://www.network-science.de/ascii/) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTRIBUTION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I'd like to say that I've done better than Prima/ Bradygames/ anyone else that publishes game guides, but I know that a text document can never look as appealing as a thick book with colorful pages. 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